Imran Khan declares legal war against US drone attacks in Pakistan

Islamabad, April 20(ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has announced plans to adopt a two-way strategy to end the US drone campaign in Pakistan's tribal areas- by the application of public pressure within the country, and taking legal action through international courts of law.

Khan made this announcement at a joint press conference with Clive Smith of Reprieve - a charity organisation, which provides free legal aid to families of drone attacks' victims in collaboration with the Justice Project of Pakistan.
The PTI chief said some 90 per cent of the people targeted by drones are civilians, adding that 18 out of every 20 victims of drone attacks are innocent.
"The bodies of the victims are usually beyond recognition, but somehow the victims become suspects after they are dead," the Daily Times quoted Khan, as saying.

"Rulers have sold national sovereignty for dollars," said the PTI chief as he urged the people to take to the streets against this "state-sponsored terrorism".
Alleging that the government has fixed the "match of drone attacks" with the US administration, Khan condemned it for failing to protect the life and property of the citizens.

He invited all political parties to his proposed sit-in at Peshawar on April 23-24 against US drone attacks, saying that it was a national cause, and that it was their duty to rise up against foreign aggression and the government's failure in getting the drone strikes stopped.

Speaking on the occasion, Smith said his organization was meeting affected people and providing them legal help in the United States, the United Kingdom, Pakistan and at international courts. (ANI)

Under the new Cloud Mr Imran political stakes are growing high.. now we have a new political system to study and its called Imran-ism.

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"Under the new Cloud Mr Imran political stakes are growing high.. now we have a new political system to study and its called Imran-ism."

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No link given of the article and who made this stupid comment at the end?
"Under the new Cloud Mr Imran political stakes are growing high.. now we have a new political system to study and its called Imran-ism."

Besides, Imran Khan, the chief of PTI, some other political leaders and member civil society will also speak on the occasion.

Secretary Information PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, Zahid Hussain, briefed media at the venue where PTI will stage sit-in.Briefing media, he said PTI activists from all over country will gather at Naran Garden in Hayatabad area on Saturday morning, commencing sit-in to register protest with the government against USís drone attacks on Pakistani land and would continue till Sunday evening.ď

A caravan comprising PTIís activists, led by chief Imran Khan, will leave for Peshawar from Islamabad on Saturday morning at 9am, Ē he informed. PTIís activists from Hazara Division will join Imran Khan-led caravan at Hassan Abdal place while more activists will join them at Attock, Jehangirah and Nowshera places, he revealed.

All political parties except the governmentís coalition partners have been invited to join sit-in, he added.</H1>

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PTI to observe sit-down strike against drone attacks: Imran Khan
The PTI convoy has left for Peshawar to stage a sit-in against the US drone strikes in tribal areas.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Saturday will observe a sit-down strike in Peshawar to a protest against the US drone attacks.

Talking to the media in Islamabad, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan said that the rally would head from Islamabad to Peshawar at 10am according to Pakistan standard time.

Imran Khan said that the government had failed to provide protection to the people and now they have to do achieve this on their own. He said that the PTI would observe the sit-down strike for national interest.

Imran Khan said that the parliament resolutions against the drone attacks have no importance because the matter is fixed at higher levels.

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US halts operations from Shamsi Air Base

Updated at: 0720 PST, Saturday, April 23, 2011 WASHINGTON: An American TV has claimed that US had halted all operations from the Shamsi Air Base in Balochistan, an airport which was given to American forces for use after 9/11 and drone attacks were launched from the base on targets in the tribal areas.

A senior Pakistani intelligence official told the US TV that U.S. military personnel have left the base said to be a key hub for American drone operations in the country's northwestern tribal areas.

It is the Shamsi Air Base in Balochistan province, from which drones are said to take off and where they are refueled for operations against militants.

Another senior Pakistani intelligence official, who did not want to be identified discussing a sensitive issue, confirmed that the Americans had been using the base as a center of operations for launching drone strikes. He was not able to confirm the Americans had left.

While the first official was able to confirm that American personnel were no longer operating out of the base, he could not say whether they had left voluntarily or at the request of the Pakistani government.

It was not clear from the Pakistani officials when the presence there began or when it ended.

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Dadou, I wish, your wish could become true, but unfortunately ground realities are very cruel and unbelieveable, and this is what your hero is going to do, He is setting up this show, only because he has been asked to do so, he is not allowed to do more than this. my sympathies are with you. sweet Dadou.